It always wants to ride up the sides of my bed because elastic never wants to hold it in place. When I wash and dry my sheets it inevitably spirals up in the washer and dryer so it never washes or dries properly. Then it’s a pain in the ass to try and fold neatly.

I feel like I’m failing adulthood after being bested by a bedsheet.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    4-point suspenders. The adjustable kind for big boys.

    Lay it on your box spring, with the 4 clips pointing at the 4 corners of the bed. Lay your mattress back down. Put your fitted sheet on, and clip each suspender clip to each corner of the sheet, under the mattress.

    Life hack you didn’t know you needed.

  • Mom Nom Mom@nom.momEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I feel like I’m failing adulthood after being bested by a bedsheet.

    Don’t worry - most older adults people aren’t going to quiz you by bringing a fitted sheet to watch you fold. If you want to bunch it up and shove it in a cabinet, just go ahead!

    A lot of times when I wash our sheets I just put them right back on the bed. Now there’s a life hack for ya!

    • edric@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      You put your sheets right back on the bed because you’re too lazy to fold it.

      I put my sheets right back on the bed because they’re my only sheets.

      We are not the same.

  • elbowgrease@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    there trick is to pull the elastic down far enough so it reaches over the bottom edge of the mattress.

    forget folding it neatly. you can adult without that skill

  • THCDenton@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m currently laying in a crumpled up mess of sheets that came off the corners. This is my life now.

  • Ey ich frag doch nur@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    Wash bedclothes separately at at least 60°C. Germs die and salt and fat will dissolve. No folding, because who cares it won’t make a difference after 1 night. And yeah what elbow said, pull the fittet sheets as far as possible over the mattress. The rubber ring should be as small as possible on the backside. The sewn corners on the bed sheet should rest on the mattress’ corners that are on the underside, or even being stretched further

  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The fitted sheet? Never had issues with it. The “edges” are supposed to go under the mattress. It’s not going anywhere.

    Sheets that go on top of that? I don’t use them because they are pointless. They always bunch up and end up at the foot of the bed anyway. I just use the comforter.

    • SuiXi3D@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      Maybe it’s just because I live in Texas and it’s 80 degrees outside in February, but I pretty much exclusively use that sheet. Blanket only ever covers my feet.

  • Sendbeer@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    When I wash and dry my sheets it inevitably spirals up in the washer and dryer so it never washes or dries properly.

    I got about 8 wool dryer balls that I tossed in the dryer and it has kept the fitted sheet from wrapping and bunching up. Dries MUCH better.